Alaric
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I think my motherboard has failed. It tells me my storage drive is failing, but I put that HDD in an external enclosure on another rig and run disk check and it finds/corrects errors, but no S.M.A.R.T. warnings like on the Giga board. It also won't see other drives that show right up in other rigs. To top it off, my memory won't run over 2133 MHz and the left channel of the audio is missing from the rear headphone port. I get occasional boot failures and Windows start up repair says it can't fix it, so I hit Proceed To Windows (Recovered!?) and then it boots right up like a fresh install.
I also can't run my RAM at the rated speed. I can't set it at my OC because I get a pop up that tells me that's out of the available range for the multiplier (!?), and no matter where I set it up to the rated 3000 MHz (as high as the BIOS will allow me to set it) it drops back to 2133-2200 MHz when it boots. It holds the CPU OC.
Things I've tried.
#1) I've tried two separate HDDs along with my original storage drive, same results. I have a 300 GB Raptor in it now and Windows doesn't see it (not in BIOS, either). I tried another Raptor with the same results. That one is in an external enclosure (USB 3.0) now, and it shows up with no issues.
#2) The problems occur using the Z170 chipset SATA ports and the Asmedia SATA ports.
#3) Changed PSU. Swapped the Evga in my sig for a Lepa G1600. No change.
#4) Tried multiple SATA cables that tested good in the other rig. No change.
#4)Tried all SATA ports, even the ones behind the graphics card. Took it out multiple times for that. No change.
#5) Cleaned all SATA connectors and ports with a small brush and alcohol. No change.
#6) Cleared CMOS, and reflashed with two different Gigabyte BIOS files. No change.
#7) Ran a preliminary 20 loops of MemTest with no errors. I'll run it overnight to be sure.
I haven't reinstalled the OS for three reasons. The BIOS doesn't see the HDDs most of the time, so that's not Windows related. It won't run the memory at rated speed, so that's not Windows, either, and with a 5 MB LAN it will take a couple hours short of eternity to download 150+ GB of game files and updates.
So, if anyone has any other ideas I'm open to suggestions. Otherwise, I'm going to open an RMA ticket with Gigabyte tomorrow and take it from there. I'm hoping it won't take too long, otherwise I'll be pulling the 1045T from my back up rig and dropping the FX 8370 in it. Or an 1100T. Or 8350. Or 980 BE. First world problems.
Almost forgot. Mobo is not detecting XMP, and the only XMP profile it has listed is 2133 MHz
I also can't run my RAM at the rated speed. I can't set it at my OC because I get a pop up that tells me that's out of the available range for the multiplier (!?), and no matter where I set it up to the rated 3000 MHz (as high as the BIOS will allow me to set it) it drops back to 2133-2200 MHz when it boots. It holds the CPU OC.
Things I've tried.
#1) I've tried two separate HDDs along with my original storage drive, same results. I have a 300 GB Raptor in it now and Windows doesn't see it (not in BIOS, either). I tried another Raptor with the same results. That one is in an external enclosure (USB 3.0) now, and it shows up with no issues.
#2) The problems occur using the Z170 chipset SATA ports and the Asmedia SATA ports.
#3) Changed PSU. Swapped the Evga in my sig for a Lepa G1600. No change.
#4) Tried multiple SATA cables that tested good in the other rig. No change.
#4)Tried all SATA ports, even the ones behind the graphics card. Took it out multiple times for that. No change.
#5) Cleaned all SATA connectors and ports with a small brush and alcohol. No change.
#6) Cleared CMOS, and reflashed with two different Gigabyte BIOS files. No change.
#7) Ran a preliminary 20 loops of MemTest with no errors. I'll run it overnight to be sure.
I haven't reinstalled the OS for three reasons. The BIOS doesn't see the HDDs most of the time, so that's not Windows related. It won't run the memory at rated speed, so that's not Windows, either, and with a 5 MB LAN it will take a couple hours short of eternity to download 150+ GB of game files and updates.
So, if anyone has any other ideas I'm open to suggestions. Otherwise, I'm going to open an RMA ticket with Gigabyte tomorrow and take it from there. I'm hoping it won't take too long, otherwise I'll be pulling the 1045T from my back up rig and dropping the FX 8370 in it. Or an 1100T. Or 8350. Or 980 BE. First world problems.
Almost forgot. Mobo is not detecting XMP, and the only XMP profile it has listed is 2133 MHz
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Taco gets every stomach! So proud!
I just hope they put the BIOS I had back in (doubt) because don't want the microcode "fixes", and I know which one I like. Also, the Bios update for the KL chips can't be rolled back, so don't want that, either.
